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June - 2021
The Algorithm of I
The Algorithm of I is Jack Crocker’s second collection of poems. The first, The Last Resort, was published in 2009 by the Texas Review Press. His poems have appeared in The Texas Review, Southern Poetry Review, Mississippi Review, and other […]
January - 2022
Our Search for Meaning
Our Search For Meaning examines the intellectual history of western civilization as it is portrayed in literature and philosophy within the context of the ALAS Questions: What is truth? What is justice? What does it mean to be human? What […]
Mimbres Press Special Picks
Mimbres Press recommends the best recent publications from the southwest and further afield.
"The Five Wounds" by Kirstin Valdez Quade
From the author of the short story collection Night at the Fiestas comes a dazzling first novel, a tour de force about a tough-tender New Mexican family struggling to come to terms with its past sins.
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"Fortunate Son" by Rick Bass
These superb essays by novelist, short story writer, and environmental writer/activist Rick Bass excavate the author’s roots – a Texas of the past and present, the Lone Star State lost and found.
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"Nepantla Familias" ed. Sergio Troncoso
This exceptional anthology of essays, poems, and short stories presents the dichotomies of Mexican American life: traditional versus modern ways, Spanish versus English, materiality versus spirituality.
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"The Removed" by Brandon Hobson
Steeped in Cherokee lore, this luminous novel by National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson explores trauma, grief and the healing power of stories.
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"Tony Hillerman: A Life" by James McGrath Morris
A superb biography of one of the great Southwestern authors. McGrath Morris provides fascinating and little-known insights into the great mystery writer’s life, including Hillerman’s early years in Depression-era Oklahoma, his war service and subsequent PTSD, and his relationship with Navajo culture.
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"The Beloved Border: Humanity and Hope in a Contested Land" by Miriam Davidson
A veteran journalist reports on the border issues that have made us question our very humanity: children separated from their families and left in cages, corpses piling up in the desert, and environmental devastation. Davidson examines how these issues intersect, and somehow finds hope.
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"Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
A thrilling sequel to Alire Saenz’s Young Adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, in which two boys fell in love. Now, in the follow-up, the boys struggle in the face of obstacles raised by an unjust and uncaring society.
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"Within Our Grasp: Childhood Malnutrition Worldwide and the Revolution Taking Place to End It" by Sharman Apt Russell
Within Our Grasp describes a web of issues that lead to childhood malnutrition. Based on Apt Russell’s 2016 sojourn in Malawi, this outstanding book also details numerous programs and ideas designed to combat hunger.
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